About the role

We're partnering with a leading Medical Affairs Advisory and Medical Communications business to find a Director of Business Development who lives for the win. This is a genuine hunter's role with high autonomy, serious earning potential, and a full suite of best-in-class solutions to take to market across large pharma.

If you know the medical affairs and med comms world inside out and you've built your reputation on landing complex, high-value deals, this is a seat with your name on it.

Why this one's worth a conversation

• A respected, well-established brand with a solution set that actually sells, you won't be apologising for the product
• Wide-open whitespace across large pharma, real territory, real pipeline, real commission upside
• A consultative, strategic sale (not a transactional churn) where your industry expertise is the differentiator
• Backed by strong scientific, strategy, creative and delivery teams who help you shape and close, you're never selling alone
• Clear path to multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnerships rather than one-and-done deals

What you'll actually be doing

• Hunting and closing new business across pharma accounts using a consultative, value-led approach
• Growing existing accounts through new product and indication launches and expansion into fresh business units
• Orchestrating cross-functional pursuit teams, strategy, creative, innovation, client services to win the complex, multi-stakeholder deals others can't
• Owning your pipeline end to end: forecasting, scoping, pricing and negotiation through to a clean handoff to delivery
• Acting as the commercial domain expert in front of clients, articulating the value proposition and shaping differentiated solutions

What you'll bring

• Ideally 8+ years in business development selling medical communications or medical affairs advisory services into pharma with a track record built on new business wins, not just account management
• A history of hitting and beating annual targets in the $1–3M+ range
• Strong relationships with the pharma stakeholders who buy med comms and medical affairs services
• The credibility to operate in a matrixed scientific and commercial environment and pull the right people into the room

The package

Up to £110,000 base depending on experience, plus commission and the kind of pipeline that rewards a genuine closer.

Interested, or know someone who'd be perfect?

Get in touch with Oxygen 8 Recruitment for a confidential conversation.